Yo-Yo Lin’s Resilience Journal is a seminal influence in the formation of the Soft Data/Base, as Lin, a disabled artist, introduces the project, “As those who sustain an illness/ disability, we often have a biodata footprint– where our health is quantified by medical practitioners through various medical tests and procedures. Instead of just focusing on the biodata of our illness, I am particularly interested in tracking the data that is usually overlooked in the experience of living with illness– the everyday, hard-to-grasp, “soft” data sets that are much more like poetry.” The journal, which Lin disseminates in multiple formats, is a tool for recording and tracking qualitative data across custom categories, resulting in hand-colored radial grids accompanied by diaristic entries on opposite pages.